Re:Jeff Bezos Taught Me When to Quit
by wpietri on Tuesday June 26, 2012 @09:58AM
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I disagree strongly. The boss was taking advantage of an information asymmetry and/or a naive negotiator.
When I set pay, I'm strongly committed to rewarding people based on the work they do and how well they do it, not how resistant they are to me screwing around with them in negotiations.
It was reasonable to ask for the raise; it could be that the boss (or some other part of Amazon) had made a mistake. By asking, the guy discovered that the boss had no interest in being fair to his employees. That's certainly something worth quitting over.
When I set pay, I'm strongly committed to rewarding people based on the work they do and how well they do it, not how resistant they are to me screwing around with them in negotiations.
It was reasonable to ask for the raise; it could be that the boss (or some other part of Amazon) had made a mistake. By asking, the guy discovered that the boss had no interest in being fair to his employees. That's certainly something worth quitting over.